The main fishing season opens May 11 for walleye, smallmouth bass and lake
trout. The northern pike season is open year around. It is fun to get out right at
the beginning of the season when spring is bursting out in the forest with the fresh
smells, new leaves, migrating birds, and the calling loons telling us they are back for
the summer.

The walleye have just finished spawning and are starting to school up in the
warm bays, the smallmouth bass are near the surface (pre-spawning here in the
northwoods) and the lake trout are along the rocky shores in shallow water (the
lake trout season will be open in Minnesota only). Northern pike are in their usual
haunts in the weedy bays and around the rivers. In addition to good sized walleye,
it is worth noting that Gunflint is a native lake trout lake and most of them run 3 to
10#.